It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street. But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emily's house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps-an eyesore among eyesore.
Question:
A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which the quoted part is taken.
B. What does the phrase"an eyesore among eyesores"mean?
C. In this story, what devices does the author make best use of in narration?
A. William Faulkner; A Rose for Emily.
B.It means the most unpleasant thing to look at.
C.The Gothic devices.
